Daily Meditation - Friday 22August 2008 - THE LAW AND THE LAW OF LOVE

[BarbaraTherese]

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Friday is a Day of Penance
Friday Obligations
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**Memorial
[Queenship of Mary (http://www.catholicculture.org/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2008-08-22)
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Mass Readings & Meditation
Readings

What is the purpose of God’s law and commandments?

• The Pharisees prided themselves in the knowledge of the law of Moses and the ritual requirements of the law.
• They made it a life-time practice to study the 613 precepts of the Torah – the books of the Old Testament containing the Law of Moses
• – along with the numerous rabbinic commentaries on the law.

The religious authorities tested Jesus to see if Read whole text HERE